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Prejudice and principle brew at tea party meet

Seeded on Sat Feb 6, 2010 10:36 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Racists who refuse to admit they're racist met in order to plan their attempted overthrow of the "Obama dictatorship". (. . .seems ta me ah've hud this-heah song befo'. . .)

white, terrorism, politics, obama, kkk, tancredo, danger, extremists, racist, right-wing

Source: Obama to reverse limits on stem cell work

Seeded on Fri Mar 6, 2009 7:20 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

It's mooted that the new President may reverse another of his predecessor's mistakes. . .

stem-cells, politics, government, medicine, obama, poitics, ush

Sarah Palin: A digital superstar - Charles Mahtesian - Politico.com

Seeded on Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:11 AM EST (Politico)

just because the election's over doesn't mean that the fascination with sarah palin is. . .

media, politics, republicans, news, government, video, sarah-palin

Court Rebukes CIA on Freedom of Information, Recognizes Journalists, Not CIA, Determine What Is News

Seeded on Thu Nov 6, 2008 2:30 AM EST (george washington university - national security a)

The CIA has long maintained that it has the right to decide what may or may not be released, even under FOIA, Yesterday that concept was shattered by a court decision.

media, cia, intelligence, government, us-news, press, censorship, foia, secrecy

Rejoin The World

Seeded on Mon Nov 3, 2008 11:38 AM EST (The New York Times)

It's Nicholas Kristof's opinion that we must regain the respect and credibilty lost since George W Bush became President. Finally. . .someone else who says what I've been saying for years. . .

bush, foreign, world, diplomacy, government, united-nations, policy, world-news

Former Bush press secretary backs Obama

Seeded on Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:38 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Colin Powell was the first former official of the Bush Administration to endorse Barack Obama in the upcoming election. Now Scott McClellan stands with him. What are they trying to tell us?

election, politics, government, bush-administration, l-politics

9/11 Suspects Get Laptop, No Net

Seeded on Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:44 PM EDT (ZD Net)

A military judge has ruled that Khalid Sheik Mohammed can have a laptop, but he won't be able to do much more than watch dvds, listen to music or play games. . .that's because he won't be given access to the internet. . .

terror, terrorism, ironic, military, law, odd-news, humor, terrorists, courts, al-qaeda

U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight

Seeded on Mon Oct 6, 2008 1:21 PM EDT (International Herald Tribune)

It hasn't been all that long ago since the Russian space program was teetering on its last legs, while the American space program was moving along reasonably well. All of a sudden, the shoe's on the other foot. . .

us, russia, space, usa, nasa, government, bush-administration, world-news, space-exploration, manned-spaceflight

European standoff over search engine data

Seeded on Mon Oct 6, 2008 1:18 PM EDT (International Herald Tribune)

The European Union believes that personal data gleaned from search engines should be purged after six months, in accordance with EU policy. Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft have a problem with that. . .

google, yahoo, technology, eu, search, internet, microsoft, european-union, www, search-engine

Pakistani tribal chiefs threaten to join Taliban

Seeded on Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:04 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

If the United States continues its present policy of 'cross-border attacks' (ie, incursions) into western Pakistan from Afghanistan, they will be facing troubles in addition to retaliation from the Pakistani army.

afghanistan, pakistan, terror, terrorism, taliban, war, conflict, world-news, foreign-policy, al-qaeda

Pakistan army ordered to hit back at U.S. forces

Seeded on Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:19 AM EDT (Tehran Times)

The Musharrif era is over. If the United States decides to stage attacks within Pakistan's borders, the Pakistani Army will be allowed to retalitae in force.

afghanistan, pakistan, terror, terrorism, taliban, war, conflict, world-news, al-qaeda

More than 'Shaft': Hayes was goldmine of influence

Seeded on Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:05 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Yet another giant is gone. Isaac Hayes, the entertainment polymath, has died. He was best known as the composer/performer of the theme for 'Shaft'.

entertainment, death, music, singing, chef, south-park, obituary, scientology, carton, composing

How Terrorism Paranoia Killed 1,600 Americans in 2002

Seeded on Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:09 AM EDT (discovermagazine.com)

Paranoia kills. I only wonder how many more have died since, due to the policies that attempted to keep the American people under a constant state of fear. . ? This book should be required reading. . .

terror, terrorism, science, government, brain, fear, psychology, mind, paranoia

Sex Crimes in the White House

Seeded on Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:50 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

The actions of the present administration have only been equalled by the Holy Inquisition in terms of sadomasochistic psychopathology. This analysis further illustrates the destructiveness which has been done in the name of the American people.

bush, mideast, terror, slavery, politics, war, sex, government, conflict, torture

Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release

Seeded on Sun Jul 6, 2008 2:59 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

If Betancourt's assertions are true, then the United States is once again responsible (at least in part) for the setting up of false 'heroic rescues' and similar phenomena.

us, colombia, france, terrorism, usa, hostages, world-news, amwerica

Comedian George Carlin Dead

Seeded on Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:59 AM EDT (Gawker)

A great comedian of the last century has died at the age of 71. George Carlin was an innovative and controversial comedian.

entertainment, media, death, comedian, humor, comedy, obituary

Huge Flying Reptiles Ate Dinosaurs

Seeded on Wed May 28, 2008 12:39 AM EDT (Live Science)

it would appear that the pterosaurs showed many of the habits of some of our present avian raptors, such as the eagles and hawks. it had already been known that several species of pterosaur hunted fish. . .this broadens the scope of their activity.

evolution, hunting, science, fossils, paleontology, ecology, dinosaurs, pterosaurs

Memo Shows Bush Administration Says to Hell With Fourth Amendment Rights

Seeded on Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:25 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

The Administration continues to believe that it can break and ignore any law it doesn't like; ie, the President is "above and beyond the law".. This, of course, was the attitude shared by President Nixon.

bush, congress, constitution, politics, attorney-general, bush-administration

American Public Says Government Leaders Should Pay Attention to Polls

Seeded on Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:11 AM EDT (worldpublicopinion.org)

Most Americans believe the government should pay attention when they speak. The government doesn't think so. . .unless the public is in total agreement with them.

politics, government, policy, polls